Thursday, September 17, 2015

Bloomingdale Farmers Market: Last two weeks of peaches!

As I wrote last week one of the many reasons I love September is because the baby ginger is back. This year BOTH Mountain View and Keswick have done the labor intensive work of nursing this tropical rhizome through their not tropical Winter and late Spring at the farm. But all that work is worth it once you smell one of their peel-less, fiberless, perfumed baby gingers. This is what all ginger aspires to be but by the time we buy the store bought variety, they are fibrous and covered with a thick peel.

CHEF AT MARKET:

Stop by for some great New Kid Friendly Recipes featuring Kid Power school garden vegetables and fresh market ingredients.

Kid Power is a local non-profit that seeks to inspire youth leadership by promoting academic advancement, physical and emotional wellness, and positive civic engagement in underserved communities throughout the District of Columbia.

Heads up: Number 1 Sons will be bringing their brand new Drink Dang kombucha in a few weeks. I have been waiting since Memorial Day when I tasted it.They have a lot of news at the stands this week. The Chile Bear hot sauces have some new siblings: lemon balm pepper, Baltimore fish pepers, Jamaican chocolate peppers. I am just about finished with the original three and am excited to try these new ones. A boatland of Hungarian hot wax peppers ifrom West Virginia inspired Yi Wah to stuff them with sauerkraut and put them back in the barrel to ferment some more. They are spicy and beerlicious.

Jenna writes: "It's that time of year again - the time of year where I ask you to vote "Whisked!" for Best Trendy Dessert in the Washington Post Express' "Best of DC" contest. I know these contests seem a little silly, but it's a great marketing tool. When you can walk into a meeting with a banker, landlord, or potential client and say you were voted "Best Bakery" in DC or Best Trendy Dessert, it gives you a real edge."

BIKE HOUSE 11-1 Bring back those bikes.

MUSIC AT MARKET: Tba

New this Week

Baby Ginger, French Fingerlings at German Butterball spuds at Mountain View

Broccoli at Truck Patch.

Get your new Wildflower Honey at Truck Patch!

NEW flavors of Chile Bears at Number 1 Sons

Cider rules at Reid -- SIX types of cider!

Butternut Squash Lasagne at Cucina -- Vegetarian.

Bryan's turkeys are storming the greenhouses to clear out the summer greens.

NUMBER 1 Sons: The new Chile Bear hot sauces are wonderful -- mild, medium or hot, with lots of layers of flavor and spice -- not just spiciness. The flavors are the best I have had. Full sours, half sours, District Dills, Kicky Koshers, Crispy Koshers. Pepperpatch Okra from Garner's okra. Grill a Pimento kimcheese sandwich this weekend and don't forget your pickle. Try your own with Keswick Pimento and Sons kimchi. Deep fried pickles are good too.

PANORAMA: Baguettes and croissants, breakfast pastries and lots of breads. Breton specialties like Kouign Amann and the new Crois-Nut.French breakfast pastries like palmiers, almond croissants plus the plain and chocolate crosisants, baguettes, the olive oil buns that grace the 25 dollar hamburgers at Central and the Rustiques they serve you at Citronelle. Sandwich breads, too. If they are out of a bread you crave, ask them to save one for you for next week. Late risers: they have lots of whole wheat, multigrain and sourdough boules and loaves that sell out early.

Please spread the word about the Produce Plus checks. We will have more checks on Sunday for Produce Plus! And It is time to use your Produce Plus, WiC and Senior FMNP checks at market before they expire.